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LIBRARY of CONGRESS 
Two Cooies Received 

MAY 29 1906 

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Souvenir Dealer 

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BURNSIDE BRIDGE. 

This is the third stone bridge crossing Antictam Creek, better known in history as "Burnside Bridge." This bridge was held by Gen R. 
Toombs with the ^d and 20th Georgia, backed bv sharpshooters and the batteries of Gen. D. R. Jones, on Gen. Longstreet s right wing. Lren. 
Burnside was ordered bv Gen. MeClellan at i o'clock to carrv the bridge at all hazards. Several attempts to carry the bridge had been made, 
but it was not until 2 pIm. that the bridge was actuallv taken by a charge of the 51st New York and the 51st Pennsylvania Kegiments. 




A COLLECTION OF MONUMENTS. 

These monuments are located on and near ,b,. Burnside Bridge. The Mc Kinky Monument, erected l.v the State of Ohio in honor of 

President W ilham McKinley. a member of the 23d Ohio Regiment. 




OHIO MONUMENTS. 

Erected bv the State of Ohio to her loval sons. 




PENNSYLVANIA'S STATUES. 

Erected by the Commonwealth in honor of her sons who took an active part in the Battle of Antietam. These monuments arc all located 
on Branch Avenue, excepting the 50th Pennsylvania which is located on Rodman Avenue. 



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These monuments are located on the fields northwest of Burnsidc Bridge. 






THE WORK OF THE BATTLEFIELD COMMISSION. 

One of the imi)ortanl features of the work of the Battlefield Commission was the erecting of substantial iron markers at the positions 
of the Union and Confederate organizations and the Regulars. The inscriptions on the tablets gi\-c the mo\-ements of both armies. They 
ha\'e built the avenues and fences and have constructed a stone observation tower 75 feet in height. 




THE GROVE HOUSE, PUBLIC SQUARE, SHARPSBURG, MD. 

In this General Robert E. Lec>, C. S. A., held a Council of War, September 17, 1862. 



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BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF ANTIETAM NATIONAL CEMETERY. 

In March, 1865, the State of Maryland appropriated S700C, and appointed four trustees to purchase and enclose a suitable lot of ground 
on the Battlefield as a final resting-place for the sacred remains of our brave soldiers who fell in the battle. They purchased a suitable lot of 
ground in the suburbs of Sharpsburg in sight of Bumside Bridge, Dunkard Church, Headquarters of Major-Gen. McClcllan and Gen, Lee. 
The appropriations made by the different States amounted to $62,229.77. I" addition to the $7000, at its extra session in January, i86fi. 
the State of Maryland appropriated $8000. 




ANTIETAM NATIONAL CEMETERY. 



Beginning with October. 1866, and continuing until August, 1S67, the Union dead were removed from the parts of the lield where they 
had been hastily buried and were re-interred in the semicircle facing the monument, in sections proportioned to the number of graves for each 
state. The dead were removed by the United States Burial Corps. The original burials amounted to 4751, and were divided bv states as 

"'''^' " " ■- New York, S6g; New Jersey, 70; 

„.. . .... Michigan, 138; Wisconsin, 142; 

Minnesota, 10; Iowa. 2; U. S. Regulars, 86; Officers, 40; Unknown Section, 1399: Unknown, 1830. 



follows: Maine, 96; New Hampshire, 25;; Vermont, 65; Massachusetts, 192; Rhode Island, 23; Connecticut, 8s; 
Pennsylvania, 644; Delaware, 28; Maryland, 98; West Virginia, 174; Ohio, 349; Indiana, 146; Illinois, 30; 




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INTERESTING VIEWS. A FEW OF THE VIEWS IN ANTIETAM NATIONAL CEMETERY. 

The old stoni,' and weather-boarded grist-mill which for 122 years stood along the hisloiie .Vntielani Creek, at the bridge between Keedvs- 
ville and Sharpsbnrg was recently torn down. The mill was built in 1782 by Christopher Orndorff. 




THE MIDDLE BRIDGE. 

This l-irid?c. known as Bridge No. 2, or Middle Bridge, is situated one mile east of Sharpsburg, Md., on the Sharpsburg and Boonsboro 
Turnpike. The Confederate Army crossed this bridge when they retreated from South Mountain. A portion of the Union Army also crossed 
this bridge. It is not standing at the present time, being replaced by an iron bridge. 







SOME MISCELLANEOUS VIEWS. 

The Heailquartcrs of Gen. McClcllan was thu Pry House, about one and a half mile northeast of Shar|)sburg. Observation Tower 
erected by the Battlefield Commission, in the east end of Bloody Lane. The Monuments of the 130th and i32d Pennsylvania and the 8th Ohio 
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Lookins; west from Observation Tower to Hagerstown Pike. At the time of the battle this was a narrow 
somewhat between the fields, partially shaded. The Confederates had fortified themselves in this lane, and the result was an immense slaughter. 




A FIELX) VIEW. 

Looking west from Observation Tower, showing the Roulette and Mumnia Farms. In the liackground is shown the East Woods. 





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Were used for a while by the Federal Army as a hospital. Some of the buildings show marks of war times. 

14th Conneeticut monuments are located on the north side of Bloody Lane. 



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DUNKARD CHURCH. 



This Church is situated orit- mik- north of Sharpsbur<;, along the 
by the Federal and Confederate batteries, it being in direct range. 
Battle the church was repaired and is still in use. 



Hagerstown Turnpike. It was Viadly damaged at the time of the battle 
Both armies sought and found refuge within the sanctuary. After the 




INTERESTING VIEWS. 

A war-time view of the Dunkard Church as it appeared after the battle. The Mumnia Barn was burned by the shells from^.the Federal 
batteries. The house was fired and burned by the Confederates to prevent it from being used by sharpshooters. The State of Maryland erected 
this handsome monument in honor of her bra\-e boys who fell in this battle. 





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MONUMENTS. 

A few of thi.- MonuniL-nts located above the Dunkard Church. Some of them locate interesting places. 




A GROUP OF MONUMENTS. 

Thfsc Monuments located north of the Uunkard Church along the Hagerstown Turnpike, 




CORNFIELD AVENUE. 

These Monuments are located on Cornfield Avenue. The State of New Jersey erected their Monument on the west end of the Avenue 
for the New Jersey troops. They were heavily engaged in the Cornfield. The 128th and 137th Pennsylvania are on the Avenue. Erected 
by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 




MONUMENTS. 

The 1 2th Pennsylvania Cavalry Monument on Mansfield Avenue, 90th Pennsylvania Marker on Cornfield A\-enue; Joseph K- F, Mans- 
field Monument, erected by the State of Connecticut, on the Smoketown Road. 




SMOKETOWN HOSPITAL WOODS. 

SurgL-on B. A. VanckTUcift, in charge of the Federal Hospitals located here after the Battle of Antietam, Sei-iteniber 17. 1862 





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THE RUINS OF ANTIETAM FURNACE. 

Three miles south of Sharpsburg are to be seen the ruins of the second roUmg-mill m the United States, built October, 1765, by Colonel 
Joseph Chapline, an officer of the French and Indian War. This place was a noted manufacturing centre. Parts ol Rumsey's steamboat were 
constructed here. In the background is shown the camping-ground of the Union soldiers after the battle of Antietam. 





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The two views to the risht are acres; Blackfords Ford ui West Virginia. The two views to the left are above the ford, at Shepherds- 
town, show the C. and O. Canal. In the upper view shows where Rtunsey floated his steamboat on the Potomac River. 



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